Red Cross telethon

Photographs by KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press After a couple of $500 pledges, TV personality Ron Rhodes, left, and Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams dance on camera, much to the delight of some members of the USI Women's Soccer Team in the background during the Tri-State Gives Back telethon Friday at the Evansville Red Cross.

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KEVIN SWANK / Courier & Press TMMI President Norm Bafunno, Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, USI soccer player Mackenzie Wallace, and Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams, left to right, answer phones Friday morning during the Tri-State Gives Back telethon at the Evansville Red Cross in Evansville. Area media outlets hosted the 13-hour telethon to raise money for people affected by hurricane Sandy. The event ran from 5 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday.

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TMMI President Norm Buffano, left, tells Rhodes how he took a call that was a wrong number. Buffano said, "The lady asked about all the noise, and when I explained she said she wanted to help and gave a donation."